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Should I ship a Runner Real Time Tactics?
Real Time Tactics + Runner
Only 13 developers shipped a Runner Real Time Tactics in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, EvoWars: New Era, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 12 more are announced.
Verdict: dead, for a 6 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $90 in the last 2 years and $120 over 4, against a market of $630 for a 6 / 10 build. 7 developers shipped in the last year and 12 games are announced.
| Bottom 30% | $0 (exactly $0) |
|---|---|
| Median | $90 (exactly $90) |
| Top 25% | $629 (exactly $629) |
| Top 5% | $6.7k (exactly $6,742) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 13 |
| Released games | 42 |
| Announced | 12 |
| Effort | 6 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $3.00 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 90% on the market, supply 15% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Real Time Tactics
- effort 6 / 10 · medium · effort 6 sits in the medium band
- Runner
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 6 / 10 · full 3D single-player, physics sims, content-heavy RPG
- Systems
- Real Time Tactics, Runner; 6 in 10 of the top 25% also carry Action, Adventure, Choose Your Own Adventure
- Price point
- $3.00 typical · top 25% priced $6.99 or above
- Art
- 4 in 10 of the top 25% ship with 3D, Abstract, Cute
Why players buy here
The top 25% priced at $6.99 or above; the middle game at $3.00.
The top 9 games average 89% positive over 141 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $50. All of the 8 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 12 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
Adjacent niches
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EvoWars: New Era 2025 · $6.7k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| | EvoWars: New Era | $8.99 | 25 72% | 750 | $6.7k (exactly $6,742) | Night Steed Games | |
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Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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